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Amaranta Chavez's avatar

Lovely article! Big fan of the 6th photo in particular

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John Charlton's avatar

Thank you Amaranta. I look forward to reading your articles. And thank you for the e. e. cummings poem on your deer article. I love him and deer but hadn't heard that one before.

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Tom Bland's avatar

Fantastic photographs here John, congrats on a great post!

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John Charlton's avatar

Thank You Tom.

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Debborah Donnelly's avatar

An absolutely wonderful shot!

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John Charlton's avatar

Thank you Debborah. Which one?

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Debborah Donnelly's avatar

They are all great shots…but I was drawn to the one with the butterfly!

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John Charlton's avatar

Excellent. Thank You.

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Diana Pappas's avatar

John these are just stunning. "Love it wish I took it" is my highest compliment and you've got me thinking that over and over again as I scroll down and look at each photograph. You honor the work of these spiders with these photographs!

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John Charlton's avatar

High praise indeed. Thank You very much Diana. And thank you for the restack.

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susan conner's avatar

Really terrific photos

All of them 🦋 🕸️🕷️ 🕸️🦋❤️

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John Charlton's avatar

Thanks very much Susan. Your visit and comment is greatly appreciated.

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Steve's avatar

Beautiful photos, John. I especially love the first one with the varied lighting, colours, textures, and background. Brilliant composition!

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John Charlton's avatar

Thanks Steve. The busier a composition is, the more difficult to get it right, so I'm glad you see it that way. Thanks for the heads up on the song.

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Juliet Wilson's avatar

Great photos, spiders webs can be very tricky to capture in photos.

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John Charlton's avatar

Thank you Juliet. I'm glad you enjoyed them. The secret ingredient in photographing spider webs is water. Another misty foggy morning here today and backlit by the sun, so the cobwebs are again easy to see even from a long distance away.

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Juliet Wilson's avatar

A couple of days ago, there were spiders webs everywhere here, all covered in water droplets, perfect for photography.

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Gill Moon Photography's avatar

Great photos John, the spiders look a lot like the wasp spiders I see over here on the heathlands. They are fantastic to see, even though I am a little scared of them! 😆

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John Charlton's avatar

Thank you Gill. I'm still not fond of them crawling on me.

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Shital Morjaria (she/her)'s avatar

Love the Orb Weaving Spider photograph!

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John Charlton's avatar

Thank you for stopping by, commenting and sharing my post.

Was there a particular one that stood out for you Shital?

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Shital Morjaria (she/her)'s avatar

Yes the one I have mentioned: Orb weaving spider photo. I loved it

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John Charlton's avatar

Hence my confusion. The last five images are of orb weaving spiders?

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Shital Morjaria (she/her)'s avatar

The first one in those five

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John Charlton's avatar

Thank You. So interesting to hear which ones resonate most with people.

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Lola Renda's avatar

I love that you no longer destroy spiders. 99% of all creatures mean us no harm. Doing harm is solely in the hands of human beings.

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John Charlton's avatar

It seems to be in our nature. We must actively work at being kind.

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Perry J. Greenbaum 🇨🇦 🦜's avatar

I love this essay, because I am fascinated with spiders and their abilities to weave their webs and how they can move down on a single strand of it. Amazing. Just amazing.

And a monarch butterfly tops it all. I only saw one monarch this year in Toronto. Oh, memories of seeing a kaleidoscope of monarchs in my youth in the parks of Montreal, especially Mont-Royal.

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John Charlton's avatar

Thank you Perry. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Check out this photo in case you haven't seen it before.

https://substack.com/@johncharlton/note/c-57354671?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=1or0xt

We have a lot of milkweed on our property but I have yet to see any monarch caterpillars. Monarchs are still around but not in great abundance like in years past. I think they are holding their own, but it is a struggle. No surprise really when you consider the journey they make to get here.

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Perry J. Greenbaum 🇨🇦 🦜's avatar

Will do, John.

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Mark Foard's avatar

Beautiful photos, John.

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John Charlton's avatar

Thank You Mark.

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Pamela Leavey's avatar

Spiders 🕷 spiders everywhere... Great photos John.

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John Charlton's avatar

Thank you Pamela. They are everywhere. And can be challenging subject matter. And rewarding too. Thank you for the share.

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